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Argumentation has become a lost art. Our society promotes uniformity and consensus, a monochromatic society where divergent ideas are shunned. This a…
4 years, 6 months ago
Plummeting in Love (5:19)
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Love is a fickle emotion. It is something that changes seemingly randomly. Why is love not fixed in place? What is the secret to enduring love? In th…
4 years, 6 months ago
How to Boost Your Intelligence (5:15-8)
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There are different types of people in the world. Just as our faces are not identical, our perspectives and abilities and innate qualities differ. Re…
4 years, 7 months ago
Realms of Rage (5:14)
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Anger is a sentiment that we all feel sometimes. What triggers our rage? What does our anger say about us? What is the connection between anger and f…
4 years, 8 months ago
Generosity and Miserliness (5:13)
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In the question of generosity and miserliness, our Mishnah tells us that there are four kinds of people. Interestingly, a group that we would view qu…
4 years, 8 months ago
Individual Prophecy and Collective Punishment (5:10-12)
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In ancient times, our nation benefitted from the service of prophets. The primary responsibility of a prophet was to rebuke and admonish the people w…
4 years, 10 months ago
The Seven Keys to Wisdom (5:9)
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What separates a wise person from someone who has to potential to be a wise person but has not actualized it? In the words of our Sages, such a perso…
4 years, 10 months ago
Defanged Demons (5:8)
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In the final installment of the series of Tens, our Mishnah reveals to us the ten things that were created at twilight of Friday during the week of G…
4 years, 10 months ago
Concentric Realms of Holiness (5:7)
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For 800+ years our nation had a Temple in Jerusalem. The Temple was a special place. It contained the vessels described in Scripture, it was the site…
4 years, 11 months ago
Faith and Fear (5:6)
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Fear of God and Faith in God are both laudable qualities worthy of great people. Both, of course, are mitzvos as well. Which one is loftier? At first…
4 years, 11 months ago